I n the battle against tuberculosis, a global scourge that claims over 1.5 million lives annually, researchers are looking to a plant with deep roots in traditional medicine.African wormwood ...

A third of tropical African plants are on the path to extinction, according to a new assessment. Much of western Africa, Ethiopia, and parts of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

The popular Conophytum, Lithops and Tylecodon are part of the group of rare and aesthetically unique succulents which are now ...

A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised crime groups capitalising on overseas demand. "They've not ...